Comments on: After Effects: Motion Sketch

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:27:24 +0000

Yes that’s a handy way to add natural movement to the camera. Thanks Peter.

By: Peter Somers (TC-Productions)

Peter Somers (TC-Productions) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:25:16 +0000

Excellent tip!
the cool thing is you can use the position keyframes as a driver for a camera target point, which gives your 3D AE comp a handheld feel.

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By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:39:18 +0000

That’s superb John. I personally think these shorter more focussed tips are more useful because they are easy to reference later when needed. Glad to have you hear and being involved with Motionworks. Best, John.

By: John Stanowski

John Stanowski — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:31:43 +0000

Just had to stop by again and say I love this site. Had a client walk in out of nowhere asking me to write a name with particles and I thought… Oh, I can do that with Motion Sketch! I was armed for the job because I recently watched this tut and came back again today for a refresher. I dare say this is my most visited site. I check it every day. JD you rock.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:14:41 +0000

And one I often forget! Thanks Ben.

By: Benjamin Eshagpoor

Benjamin Eshagpoor — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:22:52 +0000

Great tip, JD! A nice alternative to creating a wiggle expression!

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:17:45 +0000

Nice one. Thanks for joining the sharing Jaffe. Best, John.

By: Jaffe

Jaffe — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:55:16 +0000

You can also create a Null and attach a camera to it for some realistic camera movements. As you can only move them on the x and y you can move your objects in 3D space to trick the camera into using either x or y as z… just a thought…

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:58 +0000

You’re welcome flashparagon. Best, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:25 +0000

Good point Rove. Making the keyframes “rove across time” is a great way to create consistent speed of your layer along the motion path. Regards, John.

By: flashparagon

flashparagon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:18:58 +0000

Great tip as usual, thanks!

By: rove

rove — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:32:00 +0000

nother tip for this is to set the keyframes to ‘Rove Across Time’ if you don’t want the speed of the motion path to be determined by the speed of your mouse movements.

Thanks for reminding me of these great features

By: dawg69

dawg69 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:35:30 +0000

Very Nice Effect..Thanks

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:23:30 +0000

Hey Mark, you’re welcome. Best, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:22:42 +0000

Hi John, A-Z is still going, just waiting on Audio Spectrum to be completed. Best, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:22:03 +0000

Hi Peter, yes this would be easiest to control with a Wacom for sure. Best wishes, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:14:04 +0000

You’re welcome Hassaan. Best, John.

By: Mark Shingleton

Mark Shingleton — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:44:43 +0000

Fantastic tip John .. love it!

By: John Stanowski

John Stanowski — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:20:34 +0000

I recently rediscovered this effect too.
What ever happened to After Effects: A to Z?

By: peter

peter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:36:58 +0000

hey great tip and thnx for reminding me of this tool. maybe it works best with a pen like wacom.

By: Hassaan

Hassaan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:44:17 +0000

this is really a helpful feature
Thanks john for the tutorial

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:58:07 +0000

Thanks for reminding me Todd. I’ve posted the link in Adobe Help. Best, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:57:07 +0000

You’re welcome illd. You bring up a good point too, thanks. John.

By: illd

illd — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:53:49 +0000

The forgotten art of handmade keyframes . Thanks for reminding that there is always another way – I think I relied to much on expressions in my last works. I believe that at some point even a non-Motiondesigner can “feel” if its pure math or handmade.